The Irish standard., 1887-02-05
"PATsEY CARDIFF =
The First Authentic Sketch Of the Great
Pugilist's Life.

that 'sPatsey Cardiff" who recently
stood nm for six rounds before John L..
Sullivan. is native Of the valley hlih~
self. Such. however, is the case. Inc
newspapers of this country have stated
repeatedly that this youthful aio
great pugilist was born in PEORIA All''
hut after a personal interview VIII ol'e
gentleman himself we are enabled 10
furnish the readers of The IRISH
STANDARD with tne only authehelc
sketch of his birth place, early life, ano
subsequent victories in the pngll!st1c
arena. -
In the first place, ''Patsey Cardiff
correct name is Patrick 'Carda. AS his
name would imply, he is of Franco-hl-
herman extraction. His fathers name
is Narcjsse Carda, and his mothers,
rrevious to her marriage, was Mais
Sexton. She was born in Ireland
Young Carda, as we will now call i'lm'
was born March is, 1868, in the town
shin Of Grattan, on the district llne'
County of Renfrew, Province OF Onta-
rio His young boyhood was Spent ID
Eeanville, Ont. 1t was here that ne
dpve)oped into a magnificent specimen
Of physical boyhood, and even showed
signs Of great physical strength ana
endurance far superior to Shat "h'e'' IS
axcected from one Of his tender years.
r, was also in this little town that
vonnr Caraa served his apprenticeship
as a carriage wood worker, with James
German, who owned a carriage shop at
that place. After having perfected
himself in his trade, and while he was
yet y youth of II years of age, young
Carda. in The year 1881, sallled forth
70 seek green ields and pastures ne"''
his s4ock-in- trade consisting OF beng
o,o,d workman and the best wishes OF
his early associates IIe pulled up al
Toledo, Ohio, where he secured Wo9k at
h;s trade. Here he worked for Two
years after which he proceeded TO CHI
caoo where he worked for year. III
1sa4 he arrived in Peoria, LII. In
pa,,r;a t,arda ci1anced to. fall i'll with al
athlete. who thought lie detected III the
Young Canadian signs, which II prop
erly developed. would place him III the
front ranks of experts in the manly arI
of se,f-;}efense. The athlete mentioned
undertook to train Carda for match
with James Goode, who then clalmeo
,,,,. championship Of England. Carda
haf, no pugilistic reputation atthe Sli1Ae
rI7},a terms of the agreement OF meetlhS
.,s.r,, That Go,>(se was to knock Nun Out
-, four ,.,unjas, but the English cham
yiou,s surprise can better be imagined
f,,ao described. Wien we sV"Ve Ii''s'
G,ar,1a reversed the tables and defess1s'e
Goods ir t1r,.e rounds. This victory
,r,,-e him an established repntatloa'
::3,srso,,,' Davies, OF Chicago, VINO IS IT,
,,,taa to know y good th1ng III the i'''s
.e s.s,,fr+a4: when liz. sees it, became M
,,rnssa1 with the idea THAI there "SsSs
s>st,,ff,' in Young C;srda. and extended
1,ira an invitation TO go under tie Tor
,ra;,,s management, which offer Mas 5ec-
,,a,,,cd This engagement extended over
:, ,ariod Of one year. The first match
,yndpr Davies' management was Will
IVA Crooks. Of Chicago defeated him
y, 4orr rounds al Battery ID. illeh
fr,,owed in rapid succession the fol
7,ur;Du matches: Fought Tor heavy
7va;rl.t cham plonsIAip OF Illinois with
1,,nes NcClarneY, in Chicago; defeated
hin, in four rounds next battle with
William Bradburn, 1.-The stock-yaros
Giant, defeated him in third round
jBradburn remained lnsenslble Tor
90 minutes); defeated Jack hms al
e. Louis. Mo, in four rounds. Caraa
,he,, returned TO Chicago, where ne
mat Dominick McCaffery, with whom
he ioined fortunes in q sparrlng tour
t,,ronph the Eastern States. Ihe only
n,t,h,e events Of this tour was the de-
feating Of Denny Kelliher and William
Gat,ig, bv Carda, each in four rounds at
y,,i,ade,phia. Returning to Chicago,
and finding nothing to turn his hand
ia, IL, that city, Carda concluded TO
+,Ea I'M his residence in Minneapolis,
and at the same time respond to chal~
lanoe from Billy Wilson to contest the
heavy-weight championship OF the
Northwest. The meeting was arranged
for June II, 1885, and to take place SIX
miles below St. Paul, with oare
,xnuckles. Both men materlailzed al
the appointed time and place, ana
after a desperate struggle OF IS minutes
duration. in which nine rounds had
been fought, Carda scored another VIC
tory, After boxing and defeating
many of the lesser lights Of the ring
sPat~ey'' met and defeated IN SIX
rounds the famous George Rookie III
the LELAND Rink, this city. Perhaps
Cardass most brilliant pngillstic achieve
n,,,nt was his battle with Charles
Mitchell, heavyweight champion OF
England. The contest took place IN the
LELAND rink, and. after five rounds hac
been fought, a draw was declared, al
though large majority OF those pres
ami, believed that Carda should have